Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-27

She reached the shaft house door. Tn
engineer and another man, unaware OF ne
approach, were talking. A name the.
spoke caused her to stop suddenly, VIII
her hand to her heart and a strange look II
in her face.
81 feel sure it is Silas Hover" the en-
gineer was saying HE changes bis nsln'
bout ev'ry camp he goes to, and l reckon
Doc. Grigson' suited him bout as well a
any other name while he was here"
"Well, he won't change it again very
soon," said the other man with a shor
laugh. THE next time the rolls called
he'll answer up to hi: W name, In
thinkin'."
Hover may he his real NAME" the en-,
gineer said. HE swore it was when
knowed him two years ago over in Para
disc Guleh. But he was a scoundrel there
and Just got away with his neck. J
knowed him as soOn as l see him down II
Crystal City n day last fall. But neyeI
told anybody his name wasn't GrigsOn,
Where did you say the boys intended fix
ing him."
''Down the gulch here bout two miles,
at that plaae where the big bowlder is that
they cali Hanging Rock l reckon they'll
make short work of him"
'tOh, sure" said the engineer with a
laugh, they'll hang him, as he deserves,
without hardly time for his prayers"
The other man glanced carelessly at his
watch and said:
And it's almost time they went at it.
Ten o'clock was the hour agreed On, and
it's after nine now
Neither of them heard the half-sup'
pressed CRY of the woman standing Just
outside of the engine Don door. Could
| they have seen her face in the moonlight
| they would have seen it drawn and old
and CHASTITY in its terror and agony. Her
limbs trembled under her, and her blood
less lips moved in silent prayer.
For a moment she stood so, and then,
still praying for courage and strength, she
ran silently but with all speed down the
trail leading from the camp and toward
| the gulch. The trail was rough, and she
stumbled and fell again and again. She
ran with all speed when she could do so,
and the fear that she might be too late
caused her heart to almost stop its furious
beating.
She could see the Hanging Rock ahead
of her some moments before she reached 1t.
| Dark forms were moving around, going to
and from the mighty rock, and the pines a
few yards from it.
The light of one or two lanterns flashed
in the dark depths of the forest. She heard
the shouts of the men "a they assembled
from all directions, feudish shouts they
seemed to her.
When near enough to make her voice
heard it rang ont il loud, sharp tones Of
entreaty and command
"'Wait wait wait ~
A moment later she stood in their midst,
gssping for breath, white and terrified.
1T is l." she said; Miss Millicent."
yea" said one of the men gravely, but
what do you want here: This is no place
for a oma
Her answer las
Where is he-thst man -
What mani" said one OF the men eva
sively.
The man whose life you were going tc
take here tonight
A groan from the edge oil the pines
came in reply to her heart. She ran to,
ward the spot from whence the sound
came, the men seeking to detain her,
Among a little group of men there stood
one, trembling and CHASTITY, a rope already
around his neck and the other end OF Il
thrown over the branches Of a tree. The
man was moaning and protesting pitltuily,
Going close 10 him she said in n chokec
and fearful voice
Let him GO
There was a mumur OF disapproval and
refusal among the men.
Come, come, Miss Millicent, this is NJ
place for you" said one OF the men. Let
me help you back TO the camp
No she said, going close to the trem'
bling culprit, and laying her baud on hi:
arm. he grasped her hand and said
hOarseiy:
Save me, woman, whoever you are
save noe if you can
She took a lantern from the ground and
held it up to her white face. She threw
the shawl back from her head, and said
Don't you know me, Silas?'
He lifted his bowed head quickly, gave
one glance at her face and covered his own
guilty face with his hands, crying out:
"Milly. Millicent"'
The men looked on in a~mazement; az
angry murmur of diSapproval was heard
when the man spoke Miss Millicent's name
in tones that seemed endeariDg.
She turned toward them and said slowly
and distinctly with painful effort:
Let him 90. He is my husband
There was dead silence for a moment
Then the leader of the mob stepped softly
into the moonlight ana stared in silence
down the gulch in the direction of Little
Christabel.
One by one the men followed him in 81
lence. In ten minutes MilliCent was alone
with her husband. He turned toward her
and said in q choked and broken voice:
"Millioent."
We'll, Silas.'
She held out one hand toward him. He
graSped it in both her own and fell on his
knees before her with her trembling hand
held TO his lips.
An hour later they came forth from the
shadows Of the forest and walked down the
trail in the moonlight, and were seen nc
more in Fairplay Gulch.
The outgoing stage took up man and
a woman passenger next day, ten miles
from Hanging Rock.
They was mighty sober passengers, -
said the stage driver sfterward. Both on
EN- looked as if they'd cried ali night, and
they hadn't much to say but they seemed
nightly tux up with each other. He
| called her 'Milly,' an she called him
'Silas.' think they was bound for Den.
yer, and expected to 60 farther on west
| from there
They were heard Of no more at the Little
Christabel, but years afterward Harley
Vance, while travelling in California, came
across a pretty little house hidden away on
. ranch in 8 most beautiful mountain val
ley. The occupants were a man and woman
| be bad heard Of as models Of industry and
excellence.
u never opened nv head about it TO
them or to anybody" be said aftsrWard,
but that woman was or Miny and thai
husband of hers we all thought too worth
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